Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in The Swamp.
Cooperatives, a Game Changer for Local Economic Emancipation in South Africa and Beyond
A cooperative is a business model where people unite with a common socio economic interest. The business is democratically owned and controlled, and generally each member has an equal proxy. Every member/worker shares the burden of success or failure—therefore the business is generally motivated and driven; hence cooperative businesses have significantly low failure rates of around 10 percent after the first year, whilst traditional businesses have a failure rate of around 60-80 percent after the first year.
By Rowan Sampson7 years ago in The Swamp
FDR: Overcoming Illness to Rebuild a Nation
Franklin Delano Roosevelt will always be fondly remembered as the President who pulled the United States out of the Great Depression and led them into war to prevent the spread of fascism. Furthermore, he did this whilst suffering from health issues that made almost all of his adult life a struggle.
By Patrick Hollis7 years ago in The Swamp
An Introduction to 'Made in China 2025'
China is already a world leader in manufacturing, but they want to take the lead in high-tech manufacturing. To achieve this, they are mobilizing state-owned businesses, gathering intellectual property, and cultivating new technologies to catch up and then surpass the West.
By Anna Kucirkova7 years ago in The Swamp
Appropriate
The pieces of fabric fell to the floor like joy unraveling. Kitchens remained bereft of all food items. Potato sacks replaced the dresses and suits and denim jeans and t-shirts. Everyone in the United States all looked the same—ashen and like grey blobs of paint against a portrait of utter bleakness. Henrik Niles and his wife Anita were with their three children, Bradford (12), Caxton (eight), and Cecily (five), all huddled in their house as the government officials cleared out their home in Alapocas, Delaware. The expansive space proved to be a gem for the Appropriators to rummage through, ransack, and rob the rightful owners, their property. The sun on this day in August blistered the Delaware area and sent tensions high. Families lined up down the blocks filled with spacious mansions. This anger simmered as the Appropriators went in and out of homes like pest control agents.
By Skyler Saunders7 years ago in The Swamp
Welfare Reform
I believe that welfare is the need of a lot of reforms. I believe you should not be able to have an unlimited amount of kids when you were on welfare. If you cannot handle the support of the first child financially, you had no business having six. I believe welfare should be about teaching people how to obtain jobs. I believe in teaching people how to fish, so they can live on their own without public assistance. I think welfare should help more of the working poor. I believe if you were working and you’re struggling to make ends meet, you deserve assistance. I believe the hourly wage should reflect the true cost of living in the area. I don’t believe working at McDonald’s you should get paid $16 an hour, that job is supposed to be a steppingstone on the way to something better; not a career choice. I don’t think people should be rewarded for not working. I believe if you have a legitimate disability, that’s the only reason people should have for not working. I think people accept too much help from the government these days.
By Yvonne Knight7 years ago in The Swamp
Why Are Britain and Europe in Such a Mess?
Why are Britain and Europe in such a political and economic mess? What the rest of the world should learn. Margaret Thatcher was the last British Prime Minister who had both conviction and a large majority within Parliament. Even she could not make radical changes to the EU bureaucracy, although she managed to slow their advance, but she could not get the meaningful reforms that she knew to be necessary. Because of this the British people decided reform was not possible. It appears that the political elite who took over once Mrs Thatcher had left office, always took the path of least resistance and acquiesced in all the EU bureaucratic usurping of, what should still be, each nations right to govern itself according to the wishes of its own indigenous electorate.
By Peter Rose7 years ago in The Swamp
10 Reasons Why the Republican Party Is Dying
Back in 2016, I told people that the Republican party is dying—and warned them that they would act like a viper flailing for its last bite against a mongoose. Snakes, like any other animal, will become twice as vicious and three times as aggressive when they feel they're cornered.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart7 years ago in The Swamp
The 10 Best Online Courses for Mastering International Politics
Recently, scientists moved the Armageddon clock closer to midnight than it's ever been. This clock, which shows us how close we are to the end of the world as we know it, has been around for decades.
By Cato Conroy7 years ago in The Swamp
